{"product_id":"the-limits-of-convergence-globalization-and-organizational-change-in-argentina-south-korea-and-spain-9780691116334","title":"The Limits of Convergence  Globalization and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChallenges the notion that globalization encourages economic convergence. Analyzing the social, political, and economic conditions underpinning the rise of various organizational forms, this book shows that business groups, small enterprises, and foreign multinationals play different economic roles depending on a country's path to development.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book offers a sophisticated and lively analysis of three well-researched and important cases of distinctive political economies. It is a valuable contribution to the debate about the impact of globalization on national trajectories and the varieties of capitalism in the modern world.\"--Anthony W. Pereira, Political Science Quarterly \"A very ambitious study, striding across a number of disciplines... This is a groundbreaking contribution to the study of business organization and economic development.\"--International Affairs \"This is an important book: theoretically nuanced, comparative in the best sense, and empirically rich.\"--Stephen Haggard, American Journal of Sociology \"The strength of this book is its comparative and historical approach to the study of organizational and institutional change... [A]n informative work and a valuable contribution to the literatures on these countries and to debates about globalization generally.\"--Robert K. Schaeffer, Social Forces\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations ix  List of Tables x  Preface xi  A Note on Sources xv  ONE: Organizations, Globalization, and Development 3  PART 1: Development and Organizational Change 25  TWO: Three Paths to Development, Three Responses to Globalization 27  THREE: The Rise and Fall of the Business Groups 59  FOUR: The Role of Small and Medium Enterprises 95  FIVE: Multinationals, Ideology, and Organized Labor 123  PART II: Organizational Change and Performance 157  SIX: Developing Industry: Automobile and Component Manufacturing 159  SEVEN: Developing Services: Banking as an Industry in Its Own Right 183  EIGHT: On Globalization, Convergence, and Diversity 213  APPENDIX: Data and Sources 235  References 243  Index 275","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359105220951,"sku":"9780691116334","price":38.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691116334.jpg?v=1754123606","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-limits-of-convergence-globalization-and-organizational-change-in-argentina-south-korea-and-spain-9780691116334","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}